02/04/2017

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:00:09. > :00:12.A student whose mother and teenage brother were stabbed to death

:00:13. > :00:15.at their home in Stourbridge has confirmed that the man charged

:00:16. > :00:17.with their murders had been helped by her family.

:00:18. > :00:20.Lydia Wilkinson returned to the family home this morning

:00:21. > :00:29.18-year-old Lydia Wilkinson returning for the first time

:00:30. > :00:33.since her mother and 13-year-old brother died after being stabbed

:00:34. > :00:37.at the house in Stourbridge on Thursday morning.

:00:38. > :00:40.As she crouched down, she read dozens of moving tributes

:00:41. > :00:44.pinned to flowers, the walls, laid on the pavement.

:00:45. > :00:46.Then a statement issued through the police -

:00:47. > :00:49.paying her own tribute to her mother, Tracey,

:00:50. > :00:52.and her brother, Pierce, whom she described as a fun-loving,

:00:53. > :00:56.friendly and happy boy who loved computer games.

:00:57. > :00:58.Her mother, she said, was loving, caring

:00:59. > :01:00.and a wonderful mother and daughter.

:01:01. > :01:02.Yesterday, 23-year-old Aaron Barley, of no fixed address,

:01:03. > :01:05.appeared before Birmingham Magistrates charged

:01:06. > :01:10.Lydia was keen to correct recent press speculation.

:01:11. > :01:16.that the family did not offer refuge to homeless people.

:01:17. > :01:20.Aaron Burley had never lived at the family home,

:01:21. > :01:22.though he had been offered assistance by them

:01:23. > :01:27.Lydia's father, Peter Wilkinson, who suffered serious stab wounds,

:01:28. > :01:33.Her own flowers to her mum and the brother she calls Pippin

:01:34. > :01:39."we love you more than words will ever describe."

:01:40. > :01:46.Aaron Barley is due to appear before Birmingham Crown Court tomorrow.

:01:47. > :01:48.The supporters of Coventry City football club are celebrating

:01:49. > :01:51.after winning their first trophy for 30 years.

:01:52. > :01:54.The Sky Blues beat Oxford United 2-1 at Wembley

:01:55. > :01:59.More than 40,000 thousand fans had travelled to Wembley

:02:00. > :02:02.to see George Thomas score the winner.

:02:03. > :02:04.Going to sleep every night this week,

:02:05. > :02:07.you dream of how it is going to go and what is going to happen.

:02:08. > :02:10.I could never have pictured what would happen out there.

:02:11. > :02:13.I mean, to get the winner at Wembley in a cup final

:02:14. > :02:19.We should be a team that should be a lot higher.

:02:20. > :02:21.We've proven today what potential we've got,

:02:22. > :02:23.we've shown that the supporters are there and they will be back.

:02:24. > :02:25.You know, they just need a little something

:02:26. > :02:26.and maybe today will kick-start that.

:02:27. > :02:29.A man is being questioned about the fatal stabbing

:02:30. > :02:31.of another man at a tram stop in Birmingham.

:02:32. > :02:33.The victim, who's believed to be in his 50s,

:02:34. > :02:35.was found collapsed in Winson Green on Friday afternoon.

:02:36. > :02:38.British Transport Police now believe he was stabbed on the footpath

:02:39. > :02:39.nearby and then collapsed at the stop.

:02:40. > :02:46.Hundreds of veterans who served during the Falklands conflict

:02:47. > :02:48.have gathered at the National Memorial Arboretum

:02:49. > :02:51.They were marking the 35th anniversary

:02:52. > :02:54.of the Argentine invasion of the islands.

:02:55. > :02:58.In a corner of the Staffordshire countryside,

:02:59. > :03:02.a memorial made from rocks from the South Atlantic.

:03:03. > :03:05.35 years on from the start of the Falklands conflict,

:03:06. > :03:12.Amongst them, the family of Ben Casey from Stratford-on-Avon.

:03:13. > :03:16.He was the first serviceman to be killed during the campaign.

:03:17. > :03:23.I think with him being the first casualties...

:03:24. > :03:34.The attack on HMS Coventry led to the loss of 19 lives.

:03:35. > :03:39.The ship was hit by Argentine bombs and sank within 20 minutes.

:03:40. > :03:43.You're reminded of the shipmates that certainly I lost, 19 shipmates,

:03:44. > :03:47.I was 18 when it went down out there,

:03:48. > :03:48.and I think the older you become,

:03:49. > :03:52.It's something that is indelibly stamped on my life.

:03:53. > :03:54.Those who set sail for the South Atlantic

:03:55. > :03:56.fought a war which lasted ten weeks.

:03:57. > :03:59.More than three decades on from that mission,

:04:00. > :04:07.the commitment to commemorate those events is undiminished.

:04:08. > :04:10.Let's have a look at the weather forecast now, here's Rebecca Wood.

:04:11. > :04:14.Well, we had lots of lovely sunshine today.

:04:15. > :04:16.Quite a lot of fairw eather cloud around,

:04:17. > :04:18.and that theme will continue as we head through this week.

:04:19. > :04:21.But it is going to be nice and settled.

:04:22. > :04:22.Out there tonight, we have clear skies,

:04:23. > :04:24.so our temperatures are going to fall away.

:04:25. > :04:26.It will be chilly, particularly in some spots -

:04:27. > :04:28.some sheltered spots in Herefordshire

:04:29. > :04:35.there might be a touch of frost around through the morning.

:04:36. > :04:38.But a fine and dry day with lots of lovely sunshine to come.

:04:39. > :04:41.A little bit of fair weather cloud by the afternoon,

:04:42. > :04:43.but our temperatures getting up to around about 15 Celsius.

:04:44. > :04:45.With light winds, it won't feel too unpleasant at all.

:04:46. > :04:48.A band of rain will cross us as we head into Tuesday.

:04:49. > :04:52.much better conditions for the remainder of the week.

:04:53. > :04:55.Midlands Today will be back tomorrow just after 6am.

:04:56. > :05:23.Some lovely spring sunshine on offer. Highs of 12 degrees. In

:05:24. > :05:32.London you can enjoy the lovely spring blossom on the trees. Highs

:05:33. > :05:36.of 17 Celsius. It is mostly dry for most of us throughout the week. A

:05:37. > :05:42.bit fresher than it has been and it can lead to some chilly nights,

:05:43. > :05:48.maybe a touch of crass frost is possible. Those temperatures are

:05:49. > :05:53.falling away as we speak. A little bit of mist and patchy fog forming.

:05:54. > :05:58.Breeze with the arrival of these weather fronts. Tomorrow morning, we

:05:59. > :06:01.start with the early morning mist and fog lifting away and decent

:06:02. > :06:06.spells of sunshine to come through. The weather fronts moving in from

:06:07. > :06:08.the West will gradually push eastwards, just fringing western

:06:09. > :06:09.Wales